Lori Nix is a New York based artist who creates intricate and incredibly detailed miniature dioramas photographed to create huge scenes riddled with dark subject matter yet approached in a humorous way. Her work often deals with sociopolitical issues such as displacement
"Floater" is one of my favorite scenes to date. The viewer sees a dead body floating face down in the shallow waters, tangled amongst cattails and weeds. What I see is cardboard transformed into long leaves, cattails sculpted from polymer clay with my fingerprints still visible, and paper towel, carefully folded and painted to resemble a figure. All the elements came together to illustrate a grey, overcast, slightly rainy day, the kind of day one might stumble onto an unfortunate event. I really enjoy how this image came together to give the viewer a sense of unease, yet it's humorous if you pick the scene apart and see the materials used to construct it.
Lori Nix
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